1976
Right out of the box this one is smokin'! I Want You!
Next song, uh...yeah, OK,OK Paul's singing again. Here we go, Party is still rolling! Live it up! Make Me Feel It Baby! Quick Ace Frehley solos always take it up a notch!
Third song. Instantly recognizable. Dr. Love. Gene sings now. It's more menacing...right up to the chorus where it takes on a Beach Boys vibe. Repeat...Ace Frehley Solo!...chorus repeat a million times...and out.
Next song, uh...yeah, OK,OK Paul's singing again. Here we go, Party is still rolling! Live it up! Make Me Feel It Baby! Quick Ace Frehley solos always take it up a notch!
Third song. Instantly recognizable. Dr. Love. Gene sings now. It's more menacing...right up to the chorus where it takes on a Beach Boys vibe. Repeat...Ace Frehley Solo!...chorus repeat a million times...and out.
The first three songs have a soaring rocking high energy feel/vibe to them.
The forth song "Ladies Room" sung by Gene has a stiffer more upright feel. Like something from Dressed to Kill.
Fifth Song sung by Peter. Baby Driver. It feels a lttle stiff too, but it's the vocals are cool and they're accented with Ace's guitar playing. I assume it's Ace. The interplay between the vocals and guitar are what sets this song apart. The song suffers from the formulaic pop verse chorus thing, but that was Kiss does.
The next song Gene sings and I'm feeling the energy leave the room until they get to the chorus, "Love 'em Leave 'em". Then you start paying attention to the lyrics for the next verse and they lead you right back to the chorus and...look out here come some little taste of a solo coming up and...DUCK! another Ace Frehley solo. Success!
Next song starts out stiff and upright again, like something off of Dressed to Kiss. Mr Speed. Paul is singing and the riff keeps you moving along, but...still kinda feels like filler, but it's catchy and keeps your attention and here comes the Ace solo...which ends ups being not quite as exciting as the on earlier songs. Then you end up just waiting for this song to be over.
Next up a Gene song, more up tempo. With Paul doing the chorus. It's kind of like Rock and Roll All Night, but more up tempo and more story telling, less anthem. Ace does a quick solo to make the song better than it was...and a boring repetitious outro.
Now, Hard Luck Woman. Garth Brooks covered this 20 years later. It's a pretty awesome song with Peter singing. It feels out of place with everything else that has come up to this point. Obviously, Beth was a big hit on the previous album. So, they're trying to duplicate that here for a single I would assume. This is it's own song though and doesn't sound anything like Beth. It's just good by itself. New song. High energy! Makin' Love! This one makes me think of Alive II version that is a high energy rockin' coooker! One of my favorite songs on Alive II...and Ace does a rippin' solo here. Then repetition and out. Now...what? The album is over? That was pretty good. This is a meat and potatoes blast off compared to the album before it. Destroyer and its fancy production.
Fifth Song sung by Peter. Baby Driver. It feels a lttle stiff too, but it's the vocals are cool and they're accented with Ace's guitar playing. I assume it's Ace. The interplay between the vocals and guitar are what sets this song apart. The song suffers from the formulaic pop verse chorus thing, but that was Kiss does.
The next song Gene sings and I'm feeling the energy leave the room until they get to the chorus, "Love 'em Leave 'em". Then you start paying attention to the lyrics for the next verse and they lead you right back to the chorus and...look out here come some little taste of a solo coming up and...DUCK! another Ace Frehley solo. Success!
Next song starts out stiff and upright again, like something off of Dressed to Kiss. Mr Speed. Paul is singing and the riff keeps you moving along, but...still kinda feels like filler, but it's catchy and keeps your attention and here comes the Ace solo...which ends ups being not quite as exciting as the on earlier songs. Then you end up just waiting for this song to be over.
Next up a Gene song, more up tempo. With Paul doing the chorus. It's kind of like Rock and Roll All Night, but more up tempo and more story telling, less anthem. Ace does a quick solo to make the song better than it was...and a boring repetitious outro.
Now, Hard Luck Woman. Garth Brooks covered this 20 years later. It's a pretty awesome song with Peter singing. It feels out of place with everything else that has come up to this point. Obviously, Beth was a big hit on the previous album. So, they're trying to duplicate that here for a single I would assume. This is it's own song though and doesn't sound anything like Beth. It's just good by itself. New song. High energy! Makin' Love! This one makes me think of Alive II version that is a high energy rockin' coooker! One of my favorite songs on Alive II...and Ace does a rippin' solo here. Then repetition and out. Now...what? The album is over? That was pretty good. This is a meat and potatoes blast off compared to the album before it. Destroyer and its fancy production.
Dressed To Kill came out March 1975
Kiss Alive came out September 1975.
Destroyer came out March 1976.
Now this album comes out November 1976?!
Rock and Roll over is a different animal...it's apples and oranges, but this record is better than Destroyer.
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